What are Jerusalem and Bayt al-Maqdis?

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Jerusalem is the city of the prophets, of al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock. It was the first of the two qiblas, the third of the two sanctuaries and the place of the Prophet ﷺ's night journey. 'Umar conquered it in 638 and Saladin liberated it in 1187. ¹

Disputing the count of raids and sariyas

The maghazi arithmetic disputes: Ibn Ishaq's twenty-six raids versus the twenty-seven that split Wadi'l-Qura from Khaybar; nine pitched battles common to both lists with al-Waqidi adding Wadi'l-Qura and al-Ghaba for eleven; and the sariya counts ranging from thirty-five to al-Waqidi's forty-eight (in al-Tabari's chain) to sixty-six.

What are Jerusalem and Bayt al-Maqdis?

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Disputing the count of raids and sariyas